November 28, 2008 ; NEWS, MotoGP
The DUCATI Marlboro Team completed their final test of 2008 today with Nicky Hayden fifth fastest at the end of a day that saw a particularly late start to the action on track. Despite slightly warmer temperatures than Wednesday, overnight rain made for a damp track surface until the early afternoon. Hayden took to the track shortly before 2pm and, like yesterday, he steadily improved his pace with each outing. The American worked calmly and methodically despite the limited time available as he continued to get comfortable with the Ducati and Bridgestone tyres. Both the rider and the team were satisfied with his progress. The next on-track appointment for the Ducati Marlboro Team is a three-day test from 5th-7th February 2009 at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia.
Nicky Hayden - 1:40.486 (70 Runden): “We’ve made a big improvement today. It was important to have back-to-back days with similar conditions because at Valencia we only had one dry day and we weren’t able to check that the changes we made to the bike overnight had worked. Today my feeling with the bike was much better from the first run and it is important that we’ve taken over a second and a half off my best time from yesterday. We are still a second off the top guys and I know the last second is the most difficult to find but at the same time we’re less than a tenth off third fastest and the team is working well, I feel more and more comfortable with the bike and tyres and I can head home with a clear mind. I was pleased that Casey wanted to be here at the test. It has been useful to speak with him and Filippo (Preziosi) and it shows how tight the team is and how well everybody wants to do next season! I just want to finish by saying ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ to everybody in America!”
2008 testing are over for the Pramac Racing Team with the two new riders, Mika Kallio and Niccolò Canepa, who concluded respectively in seventh and eleventh position. Mika made it to finish with only just a tenth of a second over the third position occupied by Jorge Lorenzo and this underline the good feeling found with the DUCATI Desmosedici GP9 Sat by the Finnish rider. Niccolò has worked hard on the set up of the bike, concluding just over half a second from his teammate. Notwithstanding the rain that came down during the night, the track had dried out quickly allowing the riders to ride for many laps from 2pm till 5.30pm. After the winter break the Pramac Racing Team will be back on track for the Sepang test next 5th, 6th and 7th of February.
Mika Kallio – 1:40.564 (54 Runden): “It has been a good start for us. Apart Rossi and Pedrosa, that are at the moment too fast, we are only a tenth of a second from the third position occupied by Lorenzo. Yesterday I was a bit worried because this track was a bit too difficult with this bike, but instead today we have worked really well and we made it to achieve a good result. Of course lap times don’t count so much right now, but it give us good hopes for the next season.”
Niccolò Canepa - 1:41.077 (48 Runden): “I am very happy by the work done in these two days. Our final position is not the best but we are only half of a second from the third position and it’s not too bad at this moment. I made it to improve my last year lap time on this circuit by more than one second and a half. Today we have concentrated to find a good rhythm and I had to get used to the new rear brake positioned on the handlebar. Everything things going in the right direction.”
Rundenzeiten Tag 2:
1.[46] Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha - 1:39.429
2. [2] Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda - 1:39.447
3. [48] Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha - 1:40.426
4. [24] Toni Elias SPA Honda Gresini - 1:40.448
5. [69] Nicky Hayden USA DUCATI Marlboro - 1:40.486
5. [3] Alex de Angelis RSM Honda Gresini - 1:40.486
7. [36] Mika Kallio FIN Pramac DUCATI - 1:40.564
8. [5] Colin Edwards USA Tech3 Yamaha - 1:40.604
9. [59]Sete Gibernau SPA DUCATI Onde2000 - 1:40.856
10. [4] Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda - 1:40.966
11. [88] Niccolò Canepa ITA Pramac DUCATI - 1:41.077
12. [52] James Toseland GBR Tech3 Yamaha (M) - 1:41.740
13. [22] Vittoriano Guareschi ITA DUCATI Test Team - 1:42.906
14. [..] Yuki Takahashi JAP Scot Honda - 1:42.918
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November 27, 2008 ; NEWS, MotoGP
The Ducati Marlboro Team began their final MotoGP test session of the year today, ahead of the testing ban that gets underway on 1st December 2008 and runs until 20th January 2009. Recent Ducati signing Nicky Hayden lapped alongside factory test rider Vittoriano Guareschi, with team-mate Casey Stoner watching from pit wall. The Australian, who has stayed in Europe for the first phase of his recovery from an operation on his left wrist on the 30th October, was keen to link up with the team at the test, albeit as a spectator. An x-ray on the joint carried out in Modena yesterday was positive and Stoner will be able to start light training in around two weeks’ time. Despite bright sunshine in the south of Spain, low track temperatures prevented the riders from taking to the track until lunchtime today. Hayden was still able to rack up 69 laps, improving his feeling with the bike on each outing and ending the day as the 10th fastest rider on track.
Nicky Hayden - 1:42.098 (69 Runden): “It has been nice to get back on the bike and get on with the job in decent conditions. The new surface is perfect, the bumps have disappeared and the grip improved with every lap. They’ve done a great job here at Jerez. I’m quite happy with my feeling with the bike. The lap times came down with virtually every outing and that’s positive, even though I’m still clearly a good way off the pace. We’ve got a lot of work ahead but the team is really close and we know that bike has the potential, so all we can do is keep working. Both tyre specs that we tried today worked well, although the softer one was obviously the preferable option in these temperatures. They’ve got no problem in terms of durability and I’m slowly starting to get used to the feeling the Bridgestones give back. Hopefully the good weather continues tomorrow.”
Casey Stoner: “Yesterday the doctors told me that everything is going okay with my wrist, now I must wait and see. With the new cast they did yesterday I will be able to start some training on a pushbike so that is positive. In a few days I’ll be heading back to Australia and it will be nice to be home for a while. It was a very strange feeling to be watching today instead of riding. This is probably the longest period I’ve gone without riding a bike at all since I was three years old! I’ll definitely have a lot of motivation to get back on track in February. It is good to watch the bikes on track together with my engineers and then speak about it with Filippo (Preziosi) and Nicky, to share our feelings and see what we can do to improve our machine for next season.”
Niccolò Canepa – 1:42.074 (50 Runden): “I am very satisfied by the lap times registered today because we haven’t done any modification on the chassis of the bike. We started with a good base set up and I preferred to don’t touch the bike to first understand its reactions in each part of the circuit. The bike has surely improved compared to last year. Tomorrow, if the weather conditions will allow us, we will try to make some modification on the set up of the bike to improve even more my feeling with it.”
Mika Kallio – 1:42.837 (64 Runden): “This is the second time on a MotoGP bike and I can consider my self quite happy on how things went. Lap times aren’t great, but at the moment this isn’t the priority. First of all I have to know the bike better. We have done a good amount of laps and I hope to do even more tomorrow because is really important for us. I have a good relationship with the Team and I am very happy to begin this adventure.”
Rundenzeiten Jerez-Tests Tag 1:
1. [2] Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda - 1:39.525
2. [46] Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha - 1:40.135
3. [48] Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha - 1:41.163
4. [5] Colin Edwards USA Tech3 Yamaha - 1:41.390
5. [3] Alex de Angelis RSM Honda Gresini - 1:41.468
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9. [88] Niccolò Canepa ITA Alice DUCATI - 1:42.074
10. [69] Nicky Hayden USA DUCATI Marlboro - 1:42.098
11. [36] Mika Kallio FIN Alice DUCATI - 1:42.837
12. [59] Sete Gibernau SPA DUCATI Onde2000 - 1:42.943
13. [22] Vittoriano Guareschi ITA DUCATI Test Team - 1:43.642
Rundenrekord: Dani Pedrosa Honda (2008) - 1:40.116
Pole Rekord: Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (2008) - 1:38.189
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September 18, 2008 ; NEWS, MotoGP
Für die DUCATI Händler und Fans in Nordamerika kam die offizielle Vorstellung von Nicky Hayden als Fahrer im DUCATI Werkteam einem vorgezogenen Weihnachtsfest gleich. Einige hundert Händler waren am Montag zur ‘DNA Dealer Show’ in Indianapolis erschienen und empfingen mit Standing-Ovations einen strahlenden Nicky Hayden, der von Teamchef Livio Suppo, DNA CEO Michael Lock und DUCATI CEO Gabriele de Torchio begleitet die Bühne betrat. Nicky Hayden äusserte sich begeistert von der familiären Atmosphäre, die eine Basis für seinen kompletten Neustart sein werde - er wechselt das Team, das Motorrad und den Reifenhersteller: “Meine Familie ist eine Racing-Familie und das ist DUCATI auch. Ich freue mich riesig darauf.”
Nicky Hayden fuhr die letzten fünf Jahre für HRC in der höchsten Grand Prix- Klasse und feierte mit seinem Weltmeistertitel 2006 und seinen Siegen in Laguna Seca brilliante Höhepunkte. So sehr Hayden in den Jahren den Rückhalt von Honda Amerika genoss, so sehr schien er nie so recht bei HRC sein Zuhause gefunden zu haben. In DUCATI sieht der 27-jährige jetzt die Möglichkeit eines umfassenden Neuanfangs. Die begeisterten Reaktionen der DUCATI-Händlerschaft zeigten in Indianapolis, dass Hayden mehr als willkommen ist. Der DUCATI Neuzugang ist in amerikanischen Motorradkreisen unverändert eine immens populäre Person, so dass sich DUCATI Amerika einen weiteren Aufschwung des ohnehin guten Geschäfts versprechen.
“Ich habe mich immer gefragt, wie es wohl sein würde, eine DUCATI zu fahren. Als mein Bruder 16 Jahre alt wurde und ich mit zu den AMA-Rennen kam, waren da die Ferracci DUCATI mit ihren Einarmschwingen und den Twins mit dem so anderen Sound. Ich wollte immer eine fahren … und die Marlboro Team Farben tragen. Ich erinnere mich, als ich ein Kind war, da gab es ein Bild von Kenny Roberts mit John Kocinski und Wayne Rainey hinter ihm. Darüber stand ‘All the King’s Men’ oder so ähnlich. Ich dachte, das diese Farben großartig auf dem Track aussehen.”
Seinem zukünftigen Teamkollegen Casey Stoner tritt Hayden mit großen Respekt entgegen: “Ich kam immer gut klar mit casey. Wir haben beide einen ähnlichen Hintergrund dadurch dass wir nicht aus Europa stammen. Er ist so aufrichtig und offen und sagt immer exakt das, was er denkt und dafür respektiere ich ihn. Er ist nicht da, um cool zu sein oder sonstwas. Er ist da, um seinen Job zu machen und das mag ich an ihm.”
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September 15, 2008 ; NEWS, MotoGP
Heute kam von Ducati Corse die offizielle Bestätigung dessen, was in MotoiGP-kreisen längst ein offenes Geheimnis war: Nicky Hayden wird die kommende Saison an der Seite von Casey Stoner für das DUCATI Werkteam bestreiten. Der 27-jährige Amerikaner aus Owensboro, Kentucky wird sein Debüt auf der Desmosedici GP9 am 27. Oktober, direkt nach dem Grand Prix von Valencia haben. …Fortsetzung des Artikels »
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The DUCATI Marlboro Team completed their final test of 2008 today with Nicky Hayden fifth fastest at the end of a day that saw a particularly late start to the action on track. Despite slightly warmer temperatures than Wednesday, overnight rain made for a damp track surface until the early afternoon. Hayden took to the track shortly before 2pm and, like yesterday, he steadily improved his pace with each outing. The American worked calmly and methodically despite the limited time available as he continued to get comfortable with the Ducati and Bridgestone tyres. Both the rider and the team were satisfied with his progress. The next on-track appointment for the Ducati Marlboro Team is a three-day test from 5th-7th February 2009 at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia.
Nicky Hayden - 1:40.486 (70 Runden): “We’ve made a big improvement today. It was important to have back-to-back days with similar conditions because at Valencia we only had one dry day and we weren’t able to check that the changes we made to the bike overnight had worked. Today my feeling with the bike was much better from the first run and it is important that we’ve taken over a second and a half off my best time from yesterday. We are still a second off the top guys and I know the last second is the most difficult to find but at the same time we’re less than a tenth off third fastest and the team is working well, I feel more and more comfortable with the bike and tyres and I can head home with a clear mind. I was pleased that Casey wanted to be here at the test. It has been useful to speak with him and Filippo (Preziosi) and it shows how tight the team is and how well everybody wants to do next season! I just want to finish by saying ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ to everybody in America!”
2008 testing are over for the Pramac Racing Team with the two new riders, Mika Kallio and Niccolò Canepa, who concluded respectively in seventh and eleventh position. Mika made it to finish with only just a tenth of a second over the third position occupied by Jorge Lorenzo and this underline the good feeling found with the DUCATI Desmosedici GP9 Sat by the Finnish rider. Niccolò has worked hard on the set up of the bike, concluding just over half a second from his teammate. Notwithstanding the rain that came down during the night, the track had dried out quickly allowing the riders to ride for many laps from 2pm till 5.30pm. After the winter break the Pramac Racing Team will be back on track for the Sepang test next 5th, 6th and 7th of February.
Niccolò Canepa - 1:41.077 (48 Runden): “I am very happy by the work done in these two days. Our final position is not the best but we are only half of a second from the third position and it’s not too bad at this moment. I made it to improve my last year lap time on this circuit by more than one second and a half. Today we have concentrated to find a good rhythm and I had to get used to the new rear brake positioned on the handlebar. Everything things going in the right direction.”
